Sykes: Australia Day 2008
Australia Day is an occasion of celebration and reflection.
It is both an occasion to give thanks and show gratitude.
Australia is a blessed country. We are privileged to be Australian.
Ours is a country of great democratic traditions, strong values and distinctive identity.
We are a country that has become the home to people from a greater variety of countries than any other nation on earth. We are also a country that has maintained important values from our past that we sustain into the future.
Australia Day is about promoting our national identity. We rejoice at the fact that all across the country today, new citizens will pledge their allegiance to Australia.
For us as Australians, and particularly on Australia Day, our greatest blessing is our people.
This notion clearly encapsulates what I believe about our country and what makes Australia such a revered and distinctive society right around the world.
Throughout the North-East, we will welcome some of Australia’s newest citizens; people who have come from every part of the world to be one with us.
As we celebrate this day, we count it a great privilege to be Australian.
We pay tribute to our newest citizens and look to their full enjoyment of the benefits and the bounty that Australia brings to all of her people.
Most importantly of all, we celebrate the immense joy and privilege of sharing membership of the great Australian family.
I encourage all residents of the North-East to attend one of the many Australia Day celebrations throughout our region to celebrate our national day.
Happy Australia Day to all.
It is both an occasion to give thanks and show gratitude.
Australia is a blessed country. We are privileged to be Australian.
Ours is a country of great democratic traditions, strong values and distinctive identity.
We are a country that has become the home to people from a greater variety of countries than any other nation on earth. We are also a country that has maintained important values from our past that we sustain into the future.
Australia Day is about promoting our national identity. We rejoice at the fact that all across the country today, new citizens will pledge their allegiance to Australia.
For us as Australians, and particularly on Australia Day, our greatest blessing is our people.
This notion clearly encapsulates what I believe about our country and what makes Australia such a revered and distinctive society right around the world.
Throughout the North-East, we will welcome some of Australia’s newest citizens; people who have come from every part of the world to be one with us.
As we celebrate this day, we count it a great privilege to be Australian.
We pay tribute to our newest citizens and look to their full enjoyment of the benefits and the bounty that Australia brings to all of her people.
Most importantly of all, we celebrate the immense joy and privilege of sharing membership of the great Australian family.
I encourage all residents of the North-East to attend one of the many Australia Day celebrations throughout our region to celebrate our national day.
Happy Australia Day to all.
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